Bachelor's degrees conferred to females by postsecondary institutions, by race/ethnicity and field of study: 2013-14 and 2014-15

Field of study

2013-14

2014-15

Total

White

Black

His- panic

Asian/Pacific Islander

American Indian/ Alaska Native

Two or more races

Non- resi- dent alien

Total

White

Black

His- panic

Asian/Pacific Islander

American Indian/ Alaska Native

Two or more races

Non- resi- dent alien

Total

Asian

Pacific Islander

Total

Asian

Pacific Islander

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

All fields, total

1,068,245

682,989

123,147

122,113

71,818

68,881

2,937

6,613

27,285

34,280

1,082,265

679,928

123,440

130,990

72,883

70,125

2,758

6,145

31,966

36,913

Agriculture and natural resources

17,871

14,085

608

1,294

820

766

54

121

538

405

18,692

14,513

612

1,513

877

828

49

131

604

442

Architecture and related services

3,975

2,360

237

531

385

379

6

13

87

362

3,974

2,178

183

571

450

442

8

17

130

445

Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies

5,809

2,681

805

1,143

579

559

20

133

283

185

5,489

2,457

836

1,131

501

479

22

108

285

171

Biological and biomedical sciences

61,217

36,503

5,350

5,965

9,503

9,332

171

303

1,903

1,690

64,794

38,048

5,670

6,977

9,763

9,619

144

264

2,356

1,716

Business

169,664

97,933

22,920

19,366

13,110

12,515

595

1,112

3,447

11,776

172,489

98,864

22,562

20,536

13,215

12,704

511

996

3,955

12,361

Communication, journalism, and related programs

56,638

38,223

6,206

6,183

2,439

2,337

102

250

1,633

1,704

58,799

38,475

6,433

7,129

2,465

2,347

118

217

2,026

2,054

Communications technologies

1,572

963

208

145

125

119

6

7

62

62

1,768

1,083

198

185

130

123

7

11

93

68

Computer and information sciences

9,951

5,150

1,592

908

1,316

1,277

39

62

288

635

10,741

5,354

1,579

1,001

1,592

1,542

50

67

365

783

Construction trades

25

11

1

9

2

2

0

0

1

1

18

9

0

3

1

1

0

1

0

4

Education

78,481

62,449

5,901

5,942

1,720

1,550

170

597

1,211

661

73,150

57,400

5,583

5,896

1,648

1,507

141

534

1,402

687

Engineering

18,263

10,813

963

1,716

2,510

2,474

36

82

530

1,649

19,603

11,453

983

1,954

2,670

2,636

34

75

685

1,783

Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields1

1,726

1,072

266

176

80

76

4

21

32

79

1,918

1,185

300

192

97

94

3

15

54

75

English language and literature/letters

34,633

24,695

2,979

3,734

1,511

1,459

52

167

1,121

426

31,794

22,482

2,643

3,576

1,273

1,222

51

153

1,244

423

Family and consumer sciences/human sciences

21,680

14,526

2,627

2,416

1,137

1,075

62

164

499

311

21,572

14,061

2,735

2,596

1,111

1,078

33

140

596

333

Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics

14,066

8,773

661

3,029

799

776

23

44

451

309

13,426

8,052

676

2,989

806

791

15

47

521

335

Health professions and related programs

167,845

114,748

20,307

14,663

12,025

11,425

600

919

3,355

1,828

182,570

124,375

21,314

17,059

12,854

12,255

599

965

4,231

1,772

Homeland security, law enforcement, and firefighting

29,009

14,127

7,490

5,612

658

553

105

217

691

214

29,083

13,697

7,423

6,027

669

576

93

239

835

193

Legal professions and studies

3,057

1,708

561

452

147

142

5

38

84

67

3,072

1,751

569

489

114

106

8

25

90

34

Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and humanities

28,786

18,105

4,245

3,833

1,027

948

79

270

834

472

27,511

17,295

3,966

3,657

1,021

956

65

247

822

503

Library science

113

96

10

4

0

0

0

1

2

0

83

66

7

4

1

0

1

1

4

0

Mathematics and statistics

9,017

5,558

521

786

864

849

15

27

218

1,043

9,391

5,513

518

879

964

948

16

26

260

1,231

Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians

21

13

0

4

2

2

0

1

0

1

25

16

2

3

0

0

0

1

1

2

Military technologies and applied sciences

24

8

8

4

2

1

1

0

2

0

51

37

8

3

0

0

0

0

1

2

Multi/interdisciplinary studies

32,266

19,908

3,977

4,723

1,905

1,822

83

231

852

670

31,626

19,052

3,784

5,021

1,848

1,770

78

195

1,012

714

Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies

21,330

15,526

1,952

1,992

889

825

64

160

515

296

23,058

16,306

2,175

2,335

1,010

951

59

140

774

318

Philosophy and religious studies

4,416

2,982

403

431

299

286

13

33

154

114

4,068

2,728

360

435

248

237

11

17

164

116

Physical sciences and science technologies

11,503

7,318

869

873

1,406

1,382

24

82

361

594

11,560

7,273

806

1,073

1,347

1,323

24

57

375

629

Precision production

16

11

0

1

2

2

0

1

0

1

15

6

2

2

4

4

0

0

0

1

Psychology

90,006

54,737

11,393

13,332

5,523

5,311

212

513

2,674

1,834

90,755

53,916

11,597

14,329

5,497

5,276

221

472

3,017

1,927

Public administration and social services

27,567

15,423

6,235

3,938

810

724

86

251

633

277

28,218

15,738

6,335

4,045

865

780

85

228

740

267

Social sciences and history

84,878

48,916

9,885

12,526

6,254

6,066

188

464

2,882

3,951

81,466

45,108

9,601

12,678

6,109

5,919

190

440

3,040

4,490

Social sciences

72,519

39,625

9,120

11,197

5,844

5,682

162

388

2,508

3,837

70,214

36,753

8,903

11,441

5,720

5,538

182

385

2,666

4,346

History

12,359

9,291

765

1,329

410

384

26

76

374

114

11,252

8,355

698

1,237

389

381

8

55

374

144

Theology and religious vocations

3,048

2,295

334

201

83

79

4

19

53

63

3,096

2,284

366

206

81

69

12

15

69

75

Transportation and materials moving

535

347

52

61

34

28

6

6

13

22

578

380

46

53

39

35

4

1

22

37

Visual and performing arts

59,237

40,926

3,581

6,120

3,852

3,740

112

304

1,876

2,578

57,812

38,773

3,568

6,443

3,613

3,507

106

300

2,193

2,922

Other and not classified

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1 Excludes "Construction trades" and "Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians," which are listed separately.

NOTE: Data are for postsecondary institutions participating in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Reported racial/ethnic distributions of students by level of degree, field of degree, and sex were used to estimate race/ethnicity for students whose race/ethnicity was not reported. To facilitate trend comparisons, certain aggregations have been made of the degree fields as reported in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS): "Agriculture and natural resources" includes Agriculture, agriculture operations, and related sciences and Natural resources and conservation; and "Business" includes Business management, marketing, and related support services and Personal and culinary services. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.